Metal railway tie



oct. 16, 19,28. 1,688,248

D. O. SNYDER METAL RAILWAY TIE Filed Nov. e, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 1 2.5 /z/ Inventor ZZ I ff: l?

Oct. 16, 1928.

D. SNYDER METAL RAILWAY TIE Filed NOV- 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet Inventor Snyde 7;

Bv @W09 ttarny Patented @et i6, 1928..

UNITED srAres wenn Y5Pa`.v'rr;1\rr OFFICE.

DANIEL O. VSNYDER, 0F MUNGY, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL :aarraver!V TIE.

Application filed November This invention relates to an improved metal railway tie, constructed to acconnnodate special rail fastening-devices such as are employed for connecting the rails to the tie.

`-The invention herein disclosed is an ini" provenient upon iny prior Patent, No. 1,525,- Bl granted to nie under date ofFebruary 3, 1925. y j

As in the patented case, the 'inventionhere,` also relies for its distinctiveness upon the uti lisation of novel cushioning lneans between the rail ties and the rails. y

The particuiar details forming the valleged new reorganization of parts will beconie more read-ily apparent from the following description and drawings.

ln the ydrawings Y i Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rails, and one of the ties Vshowing the improved fastening means.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the saine, with a portion of the tie broken away and shown in section.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinalsection taken on the line 3*8 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a retaining wedge.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a plate adapted for disposition between the cushioning blocks and the base of the rail.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of' one of the cushions.

Fig. 7 is aperspective view of a rail re-y taining plate for cooperation with said cushion.

Fig. 8 is a slightly inodilied type ot ing wedge.

Attention is invited to Figs. 1 to 8 inclu-c sive. As shown here, and as particularly detailed in Fig. L1, the reference character 12k designates a hollow steel tie, which, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with transverse reinforcing members 13. Also at each end. it is formed with elongated rectangular openingsll across which the rail 15 entends. The rail is of course of ordinary construction.

Interposed between the rail and the tie, is

retain-` a special cushioning ineinber in the forni ofV .a wooden block, generally designatedat 16 in Fig. G. Thiscomprises a central elevated portion 17 on which therail rests, vand an outstanding hanged portion 18 which rests upon the tie, and is fastened thereto by inetal retaining plates 19. These retaining plates are of generally L-shaped configuration as shown in Fig. 1 and have channel forming 8, 18127. eral No. 231,880.

port-ions into which the flanged inarginal porl end with a laterally directed iingerh, which extends over the base et the rail, while the portion 23 is foi-ined with a notch 26 for re` ception of a removable vretaining wedge 27 of the forni represented either in Fig--or n Fig. 8 as is required.

In either instance, the wedge is formed with a splitretaining finger 28 which can be bent to the dotted line position to hold the wedge in place, as shown for instance in Fig. Preferably, a seat plate 29 (see Fig. 5) is provided, this being placed on the top et' the raised portion 17 of the cushion block and having an upstanding flange 30, engaging the base flange of the rail as shown in Fig. 3, and adepending flange 31,' bearing against the cushion blocks. A

y,lt will thus b-e seen that I have evolved a structure which comprises a solid tie across which the wooden block entends, this block being constructed to accommodate the arin portions oit the retaining clanip 24. The retaining clanip engages the hase flange of the rail shown in Fig. .3. The block is held in place by removable inetal clips andthe clainpi vingdevice extends up thru the slot 14 in the tie. In this way, the rail is lirinly clamped against the metal seat plate, resting on a cushioning block, and the block is in turn anchored upon the web portion of a hollow steel tiel Thus the connection is lirin and se cure, and is of a yieldable nature. y

Having thus described inyinvention, what I claiin as new is n 11n a railway structure et*v the class de scribed, a hollow sheet metal tie provided with an elongated opening, a cushioning block eX- tending transversely'across the tie and opening, ineans for fastening/said block to the tie, a rail resting ori-said cushioning` 1nea`nsand a rail cla-nip for fastening the rail to tie cushioning means, said rail clamp having porbrought out tions extending up( through the opening in said tie. 2. Ina railway structure of the class de-` scribed, a sheet metal rail tie of channelshaped cross section, the web portion ofthe tie being formed With an elongated opening,

a cushioning block extending transversely 'a metal rail tie of channel-shaped cross sec.

tion` provided adjacent one end with an elongated opening, a `wooden block extending transversely across the tie and across.l said opening,-said block including a central raised l L i portion and a iianged base-portion, the flanges being formed on oppositessides with notches,

Lmetal `clips fastened to thevifianged portions of .the lblock and also fastenedto the tie and A holding the block on the tie, a rail resting on the raised portion of the block, and means fastening the rail to the block comprising a clamp having arm portions extending upwardly along the sides of the block and' through said notches.

4. In a construction of the class described, d

a metal rail tie of channel-shaped cross section, provided ad] acent one end with an elon gated opening, a' Wooden blockl extending transversely across the tie and across the said opening, said block including a central raised c Jortion anda flanwed baseV nortion the flanes being formed on opposite sides with notches, metal clips fastened to the flanged portions of the block and alsol fastened to the tie and holding the block on the tie, a rail resting on the raised portion of the bloclnmeans fastening the rail to the block comprising a clamp .having arin portions extending upwardly along the sides of the block and through said notches, a seat plate' interposed between the .base of the rail and said raised portion of the lock, said plate having laterally directed edge flanges cooperating With the rails and fo blocks respectively.v i

In testimony whereof I aixmysignature.

DANIEL osNYDER. 

